Tag Archive: elite race

Centrowitz, MacLean Lead World Class Field for 2022 Kalakaua Merrie Mile

November 22, 2022 3:35 pm Published by

HONOLULU (22-Nov) — Matthew Centrowitz, the 2016 Olympic 1500m gold medalist, and Heather MacLean, the 2022 USA Track & Field 1500m indoor champion, lead a world class field for the sixth edition of the Kalakaua Merrie Mile on Saturday, December 10 here, the warm-up event for the 50th anniversary of the Honolulu Marathon on Sunday, December 11.  Both athletes will be running the flat, out-and-back...

Honolulu champions win at Boston and London marathons

April 30, 2019 8:28 am Published by

Former Honolulu Marathon champions Lawrence Cherono and Brigid Kosgei win big at the 2019 Boston Marathon and London Marathon, part of the World Marathon Majors. Cherono and Kosgei, both from Kenya won the 2016 & 2017 Honolulu Marathon and also smashed the course records in the process. Lawrence Cherono’s time of 2:08:27 at the 2017 Honolulu Marathon was, in fact, the fastest marathon run on...

World record holder Dennis Kimetto to race in Honolulu

November 7, 2017 7:15 pm Published by

Kimetto joins a strong elite field as Honolulu confirms commitment to world class marathon racing.  HONOLULU (November 7, 2017) The Honolulu Marathon Association, organizers of the fourth largest marathon in the United States, today announces that Kenya’s Dennis Kimetto, the current marathon world record holder, joins a stellar elite field on December 10. The field also includes 2016 champion and course record holder, Lawrence Cherono and...